In the jungle thirty kilometers from Forward Base.
A ragtag but spirited Rebel Army, led by its banner, quickly made its way through the jungle.
In fact, after Forward Base was established, so many people returned to the surface that the areas they frequented naturally expanded.
Like locusts passing through, people had cut down all the vegetation around Forward Base, leaving nothing but bare stumps scattered everywhere.
As a result, once they passed through the jungle, the view opened up, no longer blocked by vegetation.
Those with sharper eyes could already make out the outline of Forward Base in the night.
The Rebel Army did not stop to rest. Instead, they continued toward Forward Base.
Unlike before, there was far less chatter among the people. The crowd had grown quiet and solemn.
The reason for this change was that they had noticed the drones circling overhead.
Amid the dense buzzing of the drones' propellers, the people in the Rebel Army gradually began to feel the crisis of an imminent battle.
Although they weren't sure whether the drones could record their voices, most people still chose to keep quiet.
A young man behind the banner gazed up at the drones, his clear eyes now tinged with gravity.
They knew nothing about the City Council's preparations, while every detail of their own movements was laid bare before the City Council.
In the face of such an overwhelming disadvantage, the clear-eyed young man couldn't help wanting to change things.
He quietly said to the friend beside him, "The City Council knows everything we're doing. We can't go on like this. It's hurting morale too much."
The people hadn't yet let out their anger, so for the moment the drones' close surveillance wasn't having much effect.
But if they stayed in such a passive